Food Protection Manager Training
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Do you have a positive food safety culture?
When I was a teenager, I worked at a large franchise fast food place. I remember one night while closing the assistant manager told me to take the leftover toppings from the salad bar and pour them back into the original container. Even my 16-year-old self knew that was wrong and it sent a message
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Selling homemade goods using cottage food laws
Do you make a great cookie or tasty home-baked bread? Do your friends and family always ask you to decorate cakes for them? Have you ever thought about starting your own business from home? You can have up to $25,000 in sales a year and not need a health permit. Effective October 1, 2019 there
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Bad advice on thawing your turkey
It’s that time of year when you are bombarded with posts and emails about food safety and Thanksgiving dinner. Most of it is excellent advice. However, today I saw a post from a popular site about thawing your turkey. The post mentioned several methods of thawing, including submersed in a pan, under running water that is 70°F
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Retail: Is your food safety management system healthy?
When a facility has a functioning Food Safety Management System (FSMS), team members perform better, and customers will receive a consistent message when visiting. In Maryland a HACCP plan is required for every moderate and high priority facility when they start up. Often, they become forgotten until a health inspector asks to review it. A
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Time as a control for food safety.
Do you use time as a control? Are you wondering what that means? Here are some examples of when my clients have successfully used time as a control on TCS foods; Breading mixes that are in almost constant use. You may be breading items like fish or chicken every 15-30 minutes and refrigerating the breading isn’t
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